The 5 Principles Of Blogging Success
So many people wish to start a blogging career and oh so many people fail with it.
Truth be told, only about 15% of the entire blogger community can actually LIVE from blogging.
This article about blogging will cover the 5 core principles you need to follow in order to become a successful blogger.
So without further a do, let me jump straight into the discussion of the principles: Principle # 1 - do what you love.
There is simply no way around this, you have to love what you do.
If you're going into a niche that you know nothing about or which you do not love to talk about, then how on earth will you stay motivated as a blogger? And this makes me come to my next point...
Principal # 2 - don't follow, lead.
90% of bloggers online try to follow the business models as well as the blogging practices of the big boys.
There's nothing wrong with that, in fact it's a good thing to follow the blogging practices of people who are actually doing pretty well.
But what you should not do is: is blog about the same things that they do.
The reason I'm saying this, is because you probably don't know the same amount of information or have the same amount of expertise as those bloggers do.
So find your own field of expertise and dominate that niche.
Wait, that brings me to my next point...
Principal # 3 - be the authority This is fundamental for your success.
You need to become the authority in your niche, otherwise you will not be able to generate a sustainable amount of income, or any income at all.
So how do you become the authority?
By developing a friendship with all the bloggers and blogging about them, you will gain respect within your niche, and they in turn will blog about you.
This will allow you to gain traffic from various authority sources.
You can start by blogging about someone's blog post or blog.
At first you need to comment on your blog and tell them what you think about their blog and what you love about their content.
Then, you can create a blog post on your blog, referencing their blog.
They will undoubtedly find out about this and will thank you for it.
Don't go overboard and mention every single blogger in the blogosphere, but try to find a select few bloggers which you think you can build a great relationship with and mention them in your blog as time goes on.
Principal # 5 - monetize Monetisation is extremely important if you wish to make money from your blog.
Unfortunately, 90% of online bloggers don't know a thing about monetisation.
One of the best ways in which to monetise a blog is with affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is one of the most profitable ways to make money online, whether you're a blogger, or a full-time affiliate marketer who sets up websites and promote them online.
Affiliate marketing has been the sole source of income for me over the past six years.
Affiliate marketing is a simple system where you promote other people's or websites' products and in return, you make a commission for each and every sale that you refer.
There are a bloggers online that gets an immense amount of traffic to their blogs, but because they are not monetising their blog with affiliate marketing, they are leaving a huge amount of money out of the equation.
You can find various affiliate products or services to promote by joining affiliate programs.
You can even review products on your blog and blog posts.
You obviously first need to gain the trust of your blog visitors by blogging about things you know before you promote products to them.
Affiliate marketing is an art form and needs to be learned before it can be applied effectively.
There are affiliate marketers online that generates over $1 million a year.
There you have my article about blogging.
The 5 core principles for blogging success.
Follow them and I guarantee you that not only will you become a respected blogger, but you will also have a lot of cash to burn.
Truth be told, only about 15% of the entire blogger community can actually LIVE from blogging.
This article about blogging will cover the 5 core principles you need to follow in order to become a successful blogger.
So without further a do, let me jump straight into the discussion of the principles: Principle # 1 - do what you love.
There is simply no way around this, you have to love what you do.
If you're going into a niche that you know nothing about or which you do not love to talk about, then how on earth will you stay motivated as a blogger? And this makes me come to my next point...
Principal # 2 - don't follow, lead.
90% of bloggers online try to follow the business models as well as the blogging practices of the big boys.
There's nothing wrong with that, in fact it's a good thing to follow the blogging practices of people who are actually doing pretty well.
But what you should not do is: is blog about the same things that they do.
The reason I'm saying this, is because you probably don't know the same amount of information or have the same amount of expertise as those bloggers do.
So find your own field of expertise and dominate that niche.
Wait, that brings me to my next point...
Principal # 3 - be the authority This is fundamental for your success.
You need to become the authority in your niche, otherwise you will not be able to generate a sustainable amount of income, or any income at all.
So how do you become the authority?
- This is easy, just be absolutely unique.
- Stop reading all the e-books, stop buying software, stop following what everyone else is doing and do your own thing.
- Think creatively and make people think about you.
The top bloggers in the blogosphere have all developed their own unique style.
They have also developed their own unique characters, which people fall in love with. - Another important thing is, that your blog represents who you are or what your character is about.
Don't just go over to the nearest "free blog themes download" location.
Get yourself a unique blog design and I guarantee you that you will get way more repeat visits.
By developing a friendship with all the bloggers and blogging about them, you will gain respect within your niche, and they in turn will blog about you.
This will allow you to gain traffic from various authority sources.
You can start by blogging about someone's blog post or blog.
At first you need to comment on your blog and tell them what you think about their blog and what you love about their content.
Then, you can create a blog post on your blog, referencing their blog.
They will undoubtedly find out about this and will thank you for it.
Don't go overboard and mention every single blogger in the blogosphere, but try to find a select few bloggers which you think you can build a great relationship with and mention them in your blog as time goes on.
Principal # 5 - monetize Monetisation is extremely important if you wish to make money from your blog.
Unfortunately, 90% of online bloggers don't know a thing about monetisation.
One of the best ways in which to monetise a blog is with affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is one of the most profitable ways to make money online, whether you're a blogger, or a full-time affiliate marketer who sets up websites and promote them online.
Affiliate marketing has been the sole source of income for me over the past six years.
Affiliate marketing is a simple system where you promote other people's or websites' products and in return, you make a commission for each and every sale that you refer.
There are a bloggers online that gets an immense amount of traffic to their blogs, but because they are not monetising their blog with affiliate marketing, they are leaving a huge amount of money out of the equation.
You can find various affiliate products or services to promote by joining affiliate programs.
You can even review products on your blog and blog posts.
You obviously first need to gain the trust of your blog visitors by blogging about things you know before you promote products to them.
Affiliate marketing is an art form and needs to be learned before it can be applied effectively.
There are affiliate marketers online that generates over $1 million a year.
There you have my article about blogging.
The 5 core principles for blogging success.
Follow them and I guarantee you that not only will you become a respected blogger, but you will also have a lot of cash to burn.
